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CA - Kristine Carman, 17, shot to death, Marina Del Rey, 6 Jan 2016

A 17-year-old was shot and killed in her car in a Marina del Rey parking lot Wednesday night, spurring a search for suspects, the Los Angeles Police Department said.
"We haven't had any murders over here in many, many years," Lt. John Radke, LAPD, said. "So it's very rare to have a murder at this exact location."

The LAPD responded to Villa Marina Marketplace Mall around 8 p.m.
Three or four girls were sitting in a Honda Element when a confrontation with a man ensued.

The victim was a passenger sitting in the back seat, police said. LAPD said the female teen was shot in the head, and a male suspect ran away from her minivan before driving off.

LAPD was looking for a man wearing a blue beanie, gray sweatshirt, and took off driving a dark-colored SUV. Police believe he headed toward the 90 Freeway.
Police were also trying to track down any surveillance footage from surrounding businesses.

That's tragic! We have reason to visit Marina Del Rey every year or so and I've been in the general area of the mall. It's a decent area. Apparently the shooting happened in front of Jerry's Deli, but she drove car across the parking lot to Panda Express. She was from Houston, visiting family. So sad.

They heard the teen scream, and then watched as she drove across the parking lot in front of a Panda Express restaurant where she died.

That's tragic! We have reason to visit Marina Del Rey every year or so and I've been in the general area of the mall. It's a decent area. Apparently the shooting happened in front of Jerry's Deli, but she drove car across the parking lot to Panda Express. She was from Houston, visiting family. So sad.

It is a very safe area. I was standing in that exact spot with my DIL and my baby grand daughter a few weeks ago, leaving Jerry's Deli. We stood there and talked to our friends for awhile before leaving and felt totally comfortable. This is so heartbreaking for the locals. We lived in that area for 15 yrs. So sad to see this kind of horror unfolding there.

It seems to be a random attack.

“Every day that they don’t find something is good for me.“ Billie Dunn

Thursday, January 07, 2016 01:37PM
MARINA DEL REY, Calif. (KABC) -- A 17-year-old Texas girl who was shot and killed in the parking lot of a Marina del Rey shopping center while visiting relatives has been identified.

The victim was identified Thursday as Kristine Carman, according to Los Angeles County coroner officials.

The shooting was reported at the Villa Marina Marketplace Mall near Maxella and Glencoe avenues around 7:55 p.m. Wednesday.

"This lone suspect walked up on the car, made contact with a group in a parking lot near the car, then fired shots into the car and hit our victim who was in the backseat," LAPD Lt. John Radtke said.

Do you know who killed that teen girl in Marina del Rey? Cops want your help

Lacey Carman of Marina del Rey wrote on Facebook that Kristine was her sister. She said she was the one driving the SUV and that “my sister was just murdered in front of me in a robbery gone wrong.” Her sister, she wrote, was “beautiful smart and undeserving” of the fate that befell her.

“I pray that God is real and holding my sisters hand right now. I pray that you never have to feel this pain or this self loathing,” she said.

Police have not commented on a report by CBS2 that the shooting may have been prompted by an attempt by Lacey Carman’s boyfriend to sell 2 pounds of marijuana.

Prosecutors have yet to decide whether to seek the death penalty against Frazier, who was arrested Jan. 18 by members of the FBI Fugitive Task Force outside his residence in Vista.

Along with the murder count, Frazier is charged with two counts of attempted second-degree robbery involving two other alleged victims, and also faces an allegation that he intentionally discharged a handgun.

Frazier is being held without bail. He is due back at the Airport Branch Courthouse in Los Angeles on Jan. 5 for another pre-trial hearing.

The Los Angeles Superior Court jury deliberated about a day and a half before finding Cameron Anthony Frazier, 23, of Vista, guilty of first-degree murder for the Jan. 6, 2016, killing of Kristine Carman, according to Deputy District Attorney Eugene Hanrahan.

Jurors also found true the special circumstance of murder during the commission of an attempted robbery, along with an allegation that Frazier used a gun.

A San Diego County man was sentenced Wednesday to life in prison without the possibility of parole for gunning down a 17-year-old girl during a drug deal gone bad at a Marina del Rey-area shopping center parking lot.

Cameron Anthony Frazier, 23, of Vista, was convicted in June of first-degree murder for the Jan. 6, 2016, killing of Kristine Carman at the Villa Marina Marketplace.